diff --git a/hw/spapr.c b/hw/spapr.c
index 1782cc0a943a0c6be547b528078782e40f2aa991..67dd1e5890d44a9bdab5f6ccc565dfcd4b4629a4 100644
--- a/hw/spapr.c
+++ b/hw/spapr.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 
 #define TIMEBASE_FREQ           512000000ULL
 
-#define MAX_CPUS                32
+#define MAX_CPUS                256
 #define XICS_IRQS		1024
 
 sPAPREnvironment *spapr;